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Feb 21, 2013 · Adolescent girls give more importance to fulfilling their emotional needs through music, whereas adolescent boys give more importance to managing their social identity with music (North et al., 2000). Also, coping by music listening seems to be used more frequently by girls than boys (Miranda & Claes, 2009).
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One ongoing research interest is how music may affect youth in terms of language development, attention, perception, executive function, cognition and social-emotional development. Psychologist Assal Habibi, PhD, an assistant research professor at the University of Southern California Dornsife’s Brain and Creativity Institute, has been investigatin...
Researchers are also exploring whether music may prove to be a helpful therapy for people experiencing depression, anxiety and more serious mental health conditions. A study of 99 Chinese heart bypass surgery patients, for example, found that those who received half an hour of music therapy after the operation—generally light, relaxing music of the...
The impact of music on older adults’ well-being is likewise of keen interest to researchers, who are looking at how music therapy may help verbal fluency and memory in people with Alzheimer’s disease (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2018) and how singing in a choir may reduce loneliness and increase interest in life among diverse ol...
While there is a need for more music therapy research in child and adolescent behavioral health, the studies that have been done suggest that music therapy does have a beneficial effect on the mental and behavioral health of young people. Music therapy studies in this area have looked at the use of
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High-volume music can lead to auditory damage, and excessive music engagement may cause attention dispersion or contribute to addictive tendencies. Moreover, some music content can instigate negative emotional responses in adolescents, encompassing themes of violence and discrimination (Wang and Jiang, 2022).
The role of music in enhancing teen and adolescent mental health, as supported by research, cannot be overstated. Studies and research have shown that engaging with music, whether by listening or playing an instrument, can significantly reduce stress levels in adolescents and children. This reduction in stress contributes to overall mental well ...
Shuman J, Kennedy H, DeWitt P, Edelblute A, Wamboldt MZ. Group music therapy impacts mood states of adolescents in a psychiatric hospital setting. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 2016;49:50–56. doi: 10.1016/j.aip.2016.05.014. [Google Scholar] Silverman MJ. Music therapy in mental health for illness management and recovery.
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Jul 26, 2024 · Music therapy is both an ancient practice and a modern invention. On the one hand, references to music as therapy go back to the dawn of Western medicine and the ancient Greeks; on the other hand, modern music therapy practice can be seen as a 20th century development, with the first UK music therapy course only starting in 1968. The field has also grown substantially over this time. The UK ...
